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Arthur

Well it's like - remember when those weird thieves broke into my apartment?

About Me

How many hot dogs did you eat today? I'm just searching for that flavor.

My Interests

college radio, drinking coffee, talking about baseball with old people, marble madness, gap to gap power, killing yourself to live

I'd like to meet:

Lizzy Bennet, Tabitha Soren

Music:

Iron Maiden, Diamond Head, Witchfinder General, Persian Risk, Hallow Ground, Tygers of Pan Tang, Saxon, Angel Witch, Blitzkrieg, Girlschool, Vardis, Samson Clean Your Room

Movies:

Syriana. Chinatown. Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind. Conan the Barbarian.

Books:

Hemingway - In Our Time. Raymond Carver - Cathedral. John Updike. Heinlein. Wuthering Heights. Sister Carrie. Raymond Chandler. Jonathan Lethem. Frannie and Zooey. Henry Miller. The New Yorker!

Heroes:

Peter Parker, Don Mattingly, Mr. Wizard, Mike Lupica.

My Blog

things i don't like about LOST season 1

1. Jack and Kate's flirty conversations. It always begins with one person finding the other alone, and sitting down next to the other. They speak very short sentences, and end their conversation with ...
Posted by Arthur on Sat, 17 Mar 2007 10:25:00 PST

quote about the arctic explorer Shackleton

"For scientific leadership, give me Scott; for swift and efficient travel, Amundsen; but when you are in a hopeless situation, when there seems to be no way out, get on your knees and pray for Shackle...
Posted by Arthur on Wed, 05 Jul 2006 08:06:00 PST

Oyster Crackers: a haiku

Of all the crackersit is the least versatileOnly good in soup
Posted by Arthur on Wed, 05 Jul 2006 07:35:00 PST

my thoughts on the city of Philadelphia.

Johann Nepomuk Mälzel, the inventor of the panharmonicon and the metronome, and who was once sued by Beethoven, created a chess automaton in the early 1800s that sparked the earliest interest in artif...
Posted by Arthur on Fri, 09 Jun 2006 06:23:00 PST

Peanut Butter Cap'n Crunch cereal: a review

When the good Cap'n sails in with this midnight snack, I salute him. Certainly the most decorated of all the cereal mascots, I heard Crunch stabbed a Viet Cong back in 'Nam. Meanwhile Tony the Tiger...
Posted by Arthur on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

the official Spider-Man" Breakfast Cereal: a review

..This is a toasted oat cereal in the shape of webs. The red and blue webs are "Spider-Berry" flavored. I can only assume that Spider-Man includes a bowl of this cereal as part of his balanced breakfa...
Posted by Arthur on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

mix tape

(1) Steely Dan - "Hey 19"This is a song about an older man who won't dance with a young girl because she doesn't know who Aretha Franklin is. However, he will allow her to go down on him. Also: coca...
Posted by Arthur on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST